{{Short description|Australian wrestler (1929–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Max McAlary | full_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Australian | sport = Wrestling | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|12|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|7|1|1929|12|20|df=yes}} | death_place = Towradgi, New South Wales, Australia }}
'''John Maxwell McAlary''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (20 December 1929 – 1 July 2025) was an Australian wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle flyweight at the 1964 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/max-mcalary-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070952/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/max-mcalary-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Max McAlary Olympic Results |access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> McAlary was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia at the 2025 King's Birthday Honours for service to the sport of wrestling.<ref name="oam">{{cite web |title=Mr John Maxwell MCALARY |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/3054277 |website=Australian Honours Search Facility |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref> He died on 1 July 2025, at the age of 95.<ref>{{cite web |title=MCALARY OAM, John "Maxwell" Tribute |url=https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/tributes-funerals/death-notices/719728/mcalary-oam-john-maxwell/ |website=www.illawarramercury.com.au |access-date=8 July 2025 |language=en-au}}</ref>
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